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Posted by B on July 21, 2007, 7:31 am, in reply to "Re: RE: Stevie V. on "race walking""

Steve...Lewiston WAS a hotbed....Steve Ross worked a lot of T&F meets & middle of the week high profile road races...One of them was a 4 1/2 miler in the middle of August on a Thursday...one year i hit 22:05 & said that will last for ever!!! 4 years later Jim Crawford came to town (3:56 miler) & ran 21:42...so much for EVER..Steve Ross was also a many time MEAAU long jump champ & a pretty fair race walker.....B
--Previous Message--
: Top 10 in 3 years. That was when both the
: flesh and spirit were willing. Now the flesh
: has all it can handle just getting out the
: door every day.
:
: That was a 3 loop course, and drew some high
: caliber contestants including US Olympians.
: I remember the UMO gang of teammates that
: showed up to see just what it was that their
: teammate was doing with his waddling around
: campus during the school year.
:
: Lewiston was a hotbed of walking in the
: northeast at the time (well, maybe more of a
: bed with a heating pad relative to running,
: given the far smaller numbers of walkers)
: and promoted by a guy named John Lafreniere.
: He was involved with the very active
: Lewiston Recreation Athletic Club (LRAC) and
: that club designation can be found in a
: number of the MRH results of the late 60's
: early 70's.
:
: Still on the walking topic, if you hadn't
: seen some summer results, UMO frosh out of
: Boothbay Lauren Forgues was US Junior champ
: and silver medalist at the Pan American
: Games in the 10,000 meter walk. Her brother
: Matt was 3rd in the USA junior men's 10k
: (51:00.) and will be representing the US at
: the annual USA vs CAN dual meet on Long
: Island on August 12. Both were among the
: campers at College of the Atlantic 2 summers
: ago when the Crows hosted a trip to
: Cranberry for the young racewalkers.
:
: SV
:
: --Previous Message--
: Yup. I think Steve V had a top 10 US
: ranking
: (several yrs?) at the Olympic distance of
: 50k too.
:
: Hard to believe the event at Lewiston was 26
: yrs ago this week on a sultry mid-Maine
: summer day. Even harder to beleve, I WAS in
: Lewiston that day, as a spectator and in
: support of Mr. Vaitones-big fun!
:
: --Previous Message--
: Stevie V. knows..ck. out MRH July 19, '81,
: 8th
: in Maine's first National Race Walking
: championship @ Lewiston (25k)...His team was
: G.B.T.C....interesting find.....B
:
:
:
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RE: Stevie V. on "race walking" - B July 16, 2007, 4:26 pm

Re: RE: Stevie V. on "race walking" - Larry Allen July 16, 2007, 4:49 pm

Re: RE: Stevie V. on "race walking" - gary July 17, 2007, 1:00 pm

Re: RE: Stevie V. on "race walking" - Stevie V July 19, 2007, 3:27 pm

Re: RE: Stevie V. on "race walking" - B July 21, 2007, 7:31 am

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--Previous Message-- : Steve...Lewiston WAS a hotbed....Steve Ross : worked a lot of T&F meets & middle of : the week high profile road races...One of : them was a 4 1/2 miler in the middle of : August on a Thursday...one year i hit 22:05 : & said that will last for ever!!! 4 : years later Jim Crawford came to town (3:56 : miler) & ran 21:42...so much for : EVER..Steve Ross was also a many time MEAAU : long jump champ & a pretty fair race : walker.....B : : --Previous Message-- : Top 10 in 3 years. That was when both the : flesh and spirit were willing. Now the flesh : has all it can handle just getting out the : door every day. : : That was a 3 loop course, and drew some high : caliber contestants including US Olympians. : I remember the UMO gang of teammates that : showed up to see just what it was that their : teammate was doing with his waddling around : campus during the school year. : : Lewiston was a hotbed of walking in the : northeast at the time (well, maybe more of a : bed with a heating pad relative to running, : given the far smaller numbers of walkers) : and promoted by a guy named John Lafreniere. : He was involved with the very active : Lewiston Recreation Athletic Club (LRAC) and : that club designation can be found in a : number of the MRH results of the late 60's : early 70's. : : Still on the walking topic, if you hadn't : seen some summer results, UMO frosh out of : Boothbay Lauren Forgues was US Junior champ : and silver medalist at the Pan American : Games in the 10,000 meter walk. Her brother : Matt was 3rd in the USA junior men's 10k : (51:00.) and will be representing the US at : the annual USA vs CAN dual meet on Long : Island on August 12. Both were among the : campers at College of the Atlantic 2 summers : ago when the Crows hosted a trip to : Cranberry for the young racewalkers. : : SV : : --Previous Message-- : Yup. I think Steve V had a top 10 US : ranking : (several yrs?) at the Olympic distance of : 50k too. : : Hard to believe the event at Lewiston was 26 : yrs ago this week on a sultry mid-Maine : summer day. Even harder to beleve, I WAS in : Lewiston that day, as a spectator and in : support of Mr. Vaitones-big fun! : : --Previous Message-- : Stevie V. knows..ck. out MRH July 19, '81, : 8th : in Maine's first National Race Walking : championship @ Lewiston (25k)...His team was : G.B.T.C....interesting find.....B : : : : : : :

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